Minimization of Cell-based Handoff Delays to Balance the Load in Fiber Optic Micro-cellular Systems

Abstract: This paper considers the scheduling of cell-based handoffs to balance the traffic in a fiber optic Microcellular system. In the system microcells are periodically sectorized to balance the traffic to maintain the predetermined capacity of each sector.
 The cell-based handoff problem is formulated as a dynamic programming and the computational complexity is analyzed. Since the scheduling problem requires real time solution, heuristic algorithms are proposed and the computational results are discussed.


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